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Oakville - Trafalgar Journal 5 cents a copy, $2.00 Per Year in Advance VoL. 8, No. a2 Entered, 2nd Class Mail, Ottawa Thursday, Sept. 14, 1950 Oakville, Ontario 32 Pages COLORFUL PARADE TO OPEN SECOND' ANNUAL OPTIMIST FALL FAIR FRIDAY NIGHT Getting under way to the lilting strains of skirling bagpipes as a mammoth parade leaves Central school common at 7 p.m. Friday night, the second annual Oukville Optimist fall fair at Wallace park will be officially opened a half hour later by Hon. Ray Lawson, lieutenant- governor ,0f Ontario. Mayor James R. Black will also take part in the opening ceremony, club officials announced yesterday. : Many Entertainment Features Busy Optimists are hard at work today putting finishing touches to arangements for a fair which they feel 'will offer full éntertain- ment value for your admission quarter. New features this year will include a football game, a model aircraft flying demonstration, a band concert, a fireworks display, and a colorful concert featuring Polish folk 'dancers. Old Favourite, Too the same time, few of the old fall fair favourite attractions have been overlooked. An agri- cultural show will include every- thing from the most obese pump- kins district farms can produce to the finest apples to be found in Halton orchards. There will be a full and varied bank of commer- cial and industrial exhibits, many of which will feature those ever popular free guessing contests. Walt Always up and-coming or- chestra will swing from sweet pops to square dance, and back, to please old and young dancers and also plans to introduce a new and also plan to introduce a new barber shop quartet during inter- mission. At She Sings, Too Premier attraction will be the appearance of Ruby Mann, beau- teous and charming Miss Toronto of 1950, who will make the draw for the fair's top prize, a trip to New York for two for a full week. Oh, yes, and this lucky pair of travellers will also receive $200 for frolic, expenses. Ruby will al- so sing with Walt Alway's band, and Optimist publicist Chuck Warrington, who has' enjoyed a preview of her vocal efforts, is high on her possibilities as a headlined chanteuse of the future. Chuck also feels fortunate in being able to present the Toron- to Polish Dancers, who, under the direction of Wanda Karczew- | ska have appeared at Eaton au- ditorium and were featured in last year's Variety Club show. Appear- ing with them will be Longina Solovsky, talented violinist. (Special Draws The town's infant service club, whose manpower will be aug- mented by Lions and Rotarians for its biggest event of the year, will operate two draw booths in the grounds. One, of course, will ballyhoo tickets on the New York j other will promote prizes donated by local merchants. Cross Your Fingers In the unhappy eventuality that raip washes out fair activities 1 or Saturday, the be rescheduled to Monday. Judging In the agricul tural sections will take place on Friday afternoon. [ Playdown Plans With the fall fair taking over Wallace park for three days, Oakville's | three = 0.B.A. title aspirants have held over home games until next week. Tonight (Thursday), the juvenile club plays in Orillia to open their second round series, while Sat- urday the Oaks travel to Crow- land for their first playdown tilt. The bantams are still await- ing opposition, but expect to get into the thick of things within the next few days. Fans will be notified of game dates and times. by sound truck as soon as ar- rangements are completed. Mayor's Job Going To The Dogs, Black Declares Feelingly Many, and varied are the duties of the mayor of the. town, and for the most part. these are carried out willingly, capably and cheer- fully. But when those duties com- mence to absorb the dogcatcher's chores, It's time to call a halt. Mayor Jim Black, admitted as much, more than a little! vehem- ently during Monday night's coun- cil session. The subject came up when Councillor Lachlan McAr- thur complained that the town's increasing canine population was posing quite a problem. "It's worse than it has ever been," he lament- ed. "You don't know the half of it!" retorted the mayor. "I spent a full week trying to find a dog- catcher, and I think we contact ed every owner of a half ton truck within a fifty mile radius. But it was no go. Either the man liked dogs so much he couldn't bear to truck them to a pound, or he disliked them so much he would not have any part of them. The Humane Society won't be ready with their new shelter until Oct- ober, so, even though we can pro- vide a small pound near the dump, just how can we cope with the situation?" "If anybody tions," has any sugges- he concluded, | feelingly, as to where catcher, 1 resign promptly. been IT all summer!" I've No Fanfare, Nonogenarian Insists John B. Moat, a former mayor r year to his im- this Saturday. It will be Mr. Moat's 92nd birthday. "I don't know as FIl be cele- brating it," the venerable citizen without the fanfare that frequently accompan- ies the binthdays of people in the Ubper age brackets. Asked as to how he was feeling, Mr. Moat Te- plied "First rate." This in spite Of the fact that he underwent a i operation at St. Joseph's pital, Toronto, only four weeks had been home Displaying re- maker in the eighties. Moving to Toronto, he operated bis own harness shop on Queen Street West for thirty years. In 1922 he retired and came back to Oakville to live. He' served for a total of nine years on the town council, including three as mayor, from 1930 to 1932. He was also a member of the public library board for several years, and for nine years was justice of the peace. He is a member of Knox Presbyterian Church. Mr. and Mrs. Moat celebrated their diamond wedding anniver- sary in 1947. (Mrs. Moat's health has not been good recently. Your Hospital LAST WEEK Patients admitter Patients discharged Surgical cases Medical cases Accident cases Births IN HOSPITAL Patients Newborn OME TO THE OPTIMIST FALL FAIR - we can get a dog-| Mm! 'ST. JUDE'S LAUNCHES D Optimists' Fairest Feature ... And Other Program Highlights ~ FRIDAY 7.00 p.m., Parade, featuring Miss Toronto, pipe bands, army squads, floats cadets, Scouts and Guides, clowns, etc. 7.30 p.m.--Opening Ceremonies 8.30 p.m.--Entertainment 9.00 p.m.--Dance SATURDAY 1.00 p.m.--Fair Opens 1.30 p.m.--Model Aircraft Display 3.00 p.m.--Children's Races 3.30 p.m.--Football Game, Oakville Braves vs. Parkdale Lions 7.30 p:m.--Band Concert, Oakville Citizens: Band 8.30 p.m.--Entertainment; Dancing in Victoria Hall 11.15 p.m.--Fireworks 11.30 p.m.--Lucky Draws Flying Council To Consider Joint Garbage Plan Oakville and Trafalgar councils will collaborate in investigating the possibility of instituting a joint sanitary handfill garbage disposal project, similar to those proven successful in many other Ontario centres, town council de- cided Monday night. Mayor Black and Coun, Fred Turner were nam- ed to confer with township rep- resentatives concerning the plan. Describes Oshawa Scheme Trafalgar Coun. R. C. A. Cum- berland, who addressed council, stated inspection trips to Oshawa and Barrie, made last year, dis- closed those centres were well pleased with the scheme. "At Oshawa, semilowlands are tren- ched," the garbage is dumped in, and bulldozers backfill the tren- ches each day, doing away with odors' common to the open type dump," he declared. "In addition to disposing of the garbage, a groat deal of poor land has been made suitable for parks and in- dustrial sites. Barrie, whose prob- lem was more comparable in size to ours, also found this method highly successful." He suggested that a commit- tee concentrate on the plan, in- vestigate possibility of joint pur- chase of suitable land to be op- erated on a basis of financing in ratio to the residents served, and report back to both bodies. "This council has also looked into the possibilities of this type of disposal, both in this country and in England, where it has been used for some years. It would appear to have many ad- vantages," stated Mayor James Black. Scores Bus Service | By letter, B. D. Wait invited council to take a noon hour ride on the town bus. "It would be the only way to impress on your inds just how bad the service is," Mr. Wait wrote, requesting that council take action to im- prove schedules. "You go out and wait for several minutes, and sometimes the bus doesn't come along at all." Coun. Leslie Freeman stated the owner of the bus line had been confronted with many oper- ational problems. "He is aware the service is not satisfactory, but says it will require some time to make it so. He has been told that he must take steps in this direction, or we will consider having another operator in." Like Bomb Craters Reporting on an Inspection vis- it to MacDonald" Ave, following receipt of telephoned complaints, Reeve Howard Litchfield told council the street "looked as though an atom bomb had hit it" since sewer installation began. "I understand the contractor has been hampered by lack of help, but I feel our engineer should see that such construction jobs are done. in a reasonable manner," 5 maintained the reeve. Coun. Lachlan McArthur, sew- erage committee chairman, ex- plained heavy rains had aggra- vated the condition. He promised to confer with the engineer to see what could be done to alleviate what Reeve Litchfield described as "a terrible mess," and to fin- sist on setting up of more barri- cades, as suggested by Coun. Jim Cooke. on VE FOR FUNDS TO STAGE BLITZ CAMPAIGN SEPTEMBER 24 The members of St. Jude's Parish will campaign for $60,000 on Sunday September open following a special 11 o'clock service, Sunday when the church will be decorated conduct a one-day Blitz 24th. The campaign will which is Thanksgiving with the traditional pro- ducts of the harvest. It will be conducted by approximately 100 men of the congregation under the directorship of Charlie Ambler. New 'Letter Box" Startles Writer A resident who did not wish to cross Colborne Street to the Post Office, attempted to mail a letter in the fire alarm box at the corner of Colborne and Dunn Sts., and brought the local bri- gade hotfoot to his assistance on Tuesday afternoon. Rail Strike Pleased Linbrook Lads, Lassies A group of Canadian citizens who are not levelling nasty re- marks at the railway companies and union leaders is the pupils of Grades one, two and three of Linbrook school. Shiny new desks, for their lovely new school room, were "Somewhere transit" when the rail strike put them on a sid- ing--and left the children with nowhere to sit. This has meant an extra week of holiday for the unfortunate children, and loud complaints from mothers and older brothers and sisters who were not so fortunate. But all good things come to an end and the freight situation is clearing and the grades will get back into harness next Monday morning. STRIKERS SEEK 2 0 CENT BOOST, FIRM HOLDS WORKERS MISLED Striking of Oakvilles Wood Specialties Ltd. will contin- ue to hold for a straight 20 cents per hour increase across the board, it was decided at a meeting of Local 95, International Wood- workers of America, Monday night. On Wednesday morning, negotiations were "still at a stand- still," it was reported by local president Tim Cooper, as pickets maintained their constant vigil in the driving. rain. Charges - Eviction Threat Alfred Mustin, international field representative of the union, charged Monday that "the strike could have been avoided and a settlement reached if Mr. Jones (D. L. G. Jones, company legal representative) had not refused to bargain honestly," and that Mr. Jones'. offer on behalf of the com- pany had been '"a- phony offer that amounted to about a half- cent per hour." "Though Louis Fine, chief con- cilliation officer, made a real at- tempt to reach a basis for return to work, Mr. Jones threatens the union with injunctions against picketing and the eviction of em- ployees from premises they rent from the company. He says they will be fired and forced to move. This smacks of old time company coal. mining towns," Mr. Mustin declared in a prepared statement. Alleges Restraint "The company is confident that most of its_ employees desire to return to work, and to settle their differences with the company amicably," stated D. L. G. Jones, counsel for Oakville Wood Spe- calties Ltd, in a press statement Wednesday regarding the com- pany's attitude on the two-weeks old strike. However," the statement con- tinued, "they are being forcibly restrained from so doing by an arbitrary union leadership acting in absolute defiance of the law. Because of Its desire to forestall any further violence between union picketers and its other em- ployees the company felt it nec- essary to close its plant Septem- ber 2. It Is estimated that it will take a week after the picketers are withdrawn to obtain the ne- cessary raw material to commence full "time operations, necessary as It was to cancel orders for raw materials to prevent violence on the picket line. "The strike action is unlawful (Continued on Page 5) FAR AND NEAR The fine new Oakville-Trafalgar High School is attracting stu- dents from outside Halton coun- ty, Acting Principal E. W. Stirtan told the district high school board at its regular meeting Tuesday evening. "Students are coming in now from Pegl County," Mr. Stirtan sald. "We have facilities other schools haven't got. That's why they want to come." The shop- work, agriculture and home econ- omics classes are the main at- tractions. According to the prin cipal's report there are now 453 pupils attending the school, in- cluding twelve from Peel County. An inquiry regarding classes for New Canadians was recelved from the district representative of the Ontario. Department of It was agreed to hold classes in citizenship and basic English pro- vided there were enough pros- pective pupils in the district. Night commercial classes will be started after the new year If there is sufficlent demand for them. The board decided to contact the architect of the new school with a view to haying a number of small jobs in connection with the building completed. Mrs, A. Fisher will be engaged to operate the school cafeteria at a salary of $25 a week. India Donation Swells This may be the Age of Speed --but you couldn't prove it by the trustees of the R. H. Archibald Memorial scholarship or by W. Howie, who resides on the Nullatanni estate, Munnar P.0., in Trayancore, South India, An Oakville high school grad, Mr. Howle was one of scores of ex-students who recelved an Invi tation to the old boys reunion last June. But he didn't receive that invitation until early July, a full month after the event had taken place! However, Mr. Howle felt he would like to send along a dona- tion to the scholarship fund. So first chance he had, he went down to the Munnar post office and malled a postal note for 40 shil- lings, largest amount he Is pres Six Calls Per Man Mr. Ambler has conducted Blitz campaigns for the local Red Cross and Manitoba Relief Fund drives, and is confident that the over 600 Anglican families in the district can be contacted in the one day. "Of course, some people. will be away, and we'll have to see them later," he said. "But we've got it worked out on a district basis, so each man who serves as a canvasser will only have to make at the most six calls." old System Obsolete Rev. Fred C. Jackson, rector, stated the fund would be spread over phases, but that it was real- ly one complete project, because it was all a part of St. Jude's parish. "Owing to the last war re- pairs and renovations to old St. Jude's had been left in abeyance. Also, several flaws had develop- ed in the structure. In addition, the great increase in Anglicans in the district had meant a step- ping up of activity around the church." This had made the old heating system obsolete, he ex- plained, pointing, out that $9,000 was required for the new system presently installed. Many New Families "It 'is also because of the new families that we are undertaking an extension to the parish by building a church in the Forster Survey," he said. "This will be the start of a church, not a com- plete structure," Funds for It were included in the $60,000. With another morning service at 9.46 at St. Jude's each Sunday, to handle the crowds of people, a serious. problem had arisen be- cause in wintertime only the east small entrance could be used. "With one congregation going out while' another is waiting to come into the church, it was felt the time had come to add a vestibule across the north end of the church so that there would be adequate doors for the congregation," he stated. This would be an addit- ion to the church, costing approx- imately $6,000 of the entire sum. "We particularily need the westside church | because of the Sunday. school problem," Rey. Mr. Howson, curate sald, His par- ticular Interest lies with these children, for + he has been con- ducting a makeshift Sunday school In Westwood school for the past year. 'There are many families on the westside of 'town who find it extremely difficult to attend St. Jude's because of child- ren who require sitters and so on. They do not like to have their children crossing Colborne Streat In order to get to Sunday school, and anyone who has seen the Sunday traffic on this highway will undertsand this viewpoint The new church will be of inesti- mable value to many of our new resldents--and the growth in this section Is by no means oyer," he added. People's Warden Perce Cowan stated the expansion and renova- ting program had been discussed at two parish meetings, and had been passed with enthusiasm at both, "It requires two meotings (Continued on Page 14) Fund . . . But When ? ently allowed to send out of In- dia, to Mrs. M. KH, Lunau, gecre- tary of the grads association, Up- R.| on receiving his letter last week, Mrs. Lunau promptly took the note around to be cashed, only to find that postal notes of this type can't be cashed In Canada, So now it looks as though the note will have to go all the way back to Trayancore, whers the donor can exchange it for a money: order, which can then eventually besreturned here to be deposited in the fund. Trustees decline to estimate when that will be, if the first round trip delivery is to be taken as any criterion. However, they are very pleased to find this evidence of continued Interest in the fund, HAVE FUN! SEE THE EXHIBITS - FRIDAY & SATURDAY